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Rearview Mirror: Nuuanu YMCA once occupied Pali Longs and Safeway site

By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser on April 19, 2019
• Updated on  April 19, 2019 at 12:49 am
By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser Posted on April 19, 2019
• Updated on  April 19, 2019 at 12:49 am
In January I began a series of articles I call “What Was There Before” — significant Oahu locations and what was on those sites in the past. Read More

Rearview Mirror: 5 vehicular tunnels were built out of 14 proposed

By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser on March 29, 2019
• Updated on  April 8, 2019 at 1:47 pm
By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser Posted on March 29, 2019
• Updated on  April 8, 2019 at 1:47 pm
Sometimes one topic I am researching sends me off on a tangent. That happened recently when I was researching Pat’s at Punaluu. Read More

Rearview Mirror: Former Gov. Burns inspired the original ‘Hawaii Five-O’

By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser on March 15, 2019
• Updated on  March 14, 2019 at 10:07 pm
By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser Posted on March 15, 2019
• Updated on  March 14, 2019 at 10:07 pm
Last week I had the pleasure of giving an Oahu tour to actress Tovah Feldshuh (“Walking Dead,” “Brewster’s Millions” and “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”). Read More
 

Rearview Mirror: 2 beavers, a bay horse and a bank robbery

By Bob Sigall on March 8, 2019
• Updated on  March 8, 2019 at 12:52 am
By Bob Sigall Posted on March 8, 2019
• Updated on  March 8, 2019 at 12:52 am
I spoke at the Hawaii Council of Engineering Societies banquet two weeks ago. Afterward a number of them asked me questions or shared interesting stories. I thought I’d write about some of them this week. Read More

Rearview Mirror: Island organizations mark major milestones in 2019

By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser on March 1, 2019
• Updated on  February 28, 2019 at 9:45 pm
By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser Posted on March 1, 2019
• Updated on  February 28, 2019 at 9:45 pm
Milestones are important. In this column, I thought I’d stop and note some significant ones for Hawaii organizations. Read More

Rearview Mirror: Readers ask about auto dealer and the origins of Fort Weaver

By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser on February 22, 2019
• Updated on  February 22, 2019 at 12:40 am
By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser Posted on February 22, 2019
• Updated on  February 22, 2019 at 12:40 am
Every week I get lots of emails with reader questions and stories. Ted Takai wrote to me recently. “I wanted to ask — where the Ala Moana Hotel is, I remember my parents buying their 1955 Plymouth Belvedere from a dealer there. I think the salesman was Jimmy Pflueger.” Read More
 

Rearview Mirror: Retired chaplain recalls growing up in Keawe Camp on Maui

By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser on January 25, 2019
• Updated on  January 25, 2019 at 12:59 am
By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser Posted on January 25, 2019
• Updated on  January 25, 2019 at 12:59 am
I met Kiyo Itokazu recently. He was in the first graduating class at Hawaii Baptist Academy, which I’ll be writing about next month. Read More

Rearview Mirror: Stepping back 100 years in Hawaii

By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser on January 4, 2019
• Updated on  January 9, 2019 at 9:29 pm
By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser Posted on January 4, 2019
• Updated on  January 9, 2019 at 9:29 pm
Welcome to 2019! I know. You’re not ready. So let’s take it slooooow. Let’s take a trip back to 1919. What was it like to live in Hawaii 100 years ago? Read More

Rearview Mirror: Recognizing this year’s outstanding characters

Bob Sigall on December 28, 2018
• Updated on  December 28, 2018 at 12:29 am
Bob Sigall Posted on December 28, 2018
• Updated on  December 28, 2018 at 12:29 am
Every year at this time I review my Rearview Mirror columns from the past 12 months and award those men and women who have made outstanding contributions to the islands in their lifetimes. Read More
 

Rearview Mirror: Look back at 2018 features mascots, music and more

By Bob Sigall on December 21, 2018
• Updated on  December 20, 2018 at 11:11 pm
By Bob Sigall Posted on December 21, 2018
• Updated on  December 20, 2018 at 11:11 pm
Writing this column is always a process of discovery for me. I look into something and, to my delight, often learn many things I didn’t know before. Read More

Rearview Mirror: Stories learned in 2018 include schools and 2 dogs

By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser on December 14, 2018
• Updated on  December 13, 2018 at 11:21 pm
By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser Posted on December 14, 2018
• Updated on  December 13, 2018 at 11:21 pm
Each year at this time, I look back at my last 12 months of columns for some of the things I learned in the year. Rearview Mirror is often a process of discovery for me, as well as my readers. In December I like to review the year and some of my favorite stories. Read More

Rearview Mirror: Pearl Harbor pilot overcame 500 bullet holes in his plane

By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser on December 7, 2018
• Updated on  December 6, 2018 at 11:27 pm
By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser Posted on December 7, 2018
• Updated on  December 6, 2018 at 11:27 pm
In April I wrote about two pilots who took off and engaged the attacking Japanese Zeros on Dec. 7, 1941. Read More

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